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Leaf Cluster, 1945 European Theater of Operations.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1950. Member, American,
Maryland Slate and Baltimore City Bar Associations;
American Judicature Society; Maritime Law Association;
Coordinating Committee for Multiple Litigation,
1968-73; Judicial Conference Committee on the
Administration of the Criminal Law, 1975-83 (chairman,
1978-83); Speedy Trial Planning Group for Maryland.
Assistant attorney general for Maryland, 1955-57.
Member, Maryland Club; Elkridge Club; Lawyers' Round
Table; The Wranglers. Office telephone: 962-4655.

JOSEPH C. HOWARD. Associate Judge, U.S. District
Court, since 1979. Born in Dcs Moincs, Iowa, December
9,1922. Served in U.S. Aimy, 1944-47, achieving rank of
1st Lieutenant. University of Iowa, B.A., 1950; Drake
University Law School, LL.B., 1955, M.A., 1957.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1959. Member, American and
Monumental City Bar Associations; Judicial Council,
National Bar Association; World Association of Judges.
Assistant State's Attorney Baltimore City, 1964-68 (chief,
trial section, 1966-67); Assistant City Solicitor, Baltimore
City 1968. Associate Judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City 1968-79. Advisory Board, University of Baltimore
Law School, 1982—. Board of Visitors, University of
Maryland Law School, 1985—. National Commission on
the Future of Drake University 1987. Boaid of Trustees,
Drake University 1989—. Honorary law degree, Morgan
State College, 1972; first black in U.S. to be admitted to
Phi Alpha Delta National Legal Fraternity; Kappa Alpha
Psi Achievement Award, 1973; Man of the Year Award,
National Association of Negro Business and Professional
W3mcn's Clubs, 1979; Baltimore City Council resolution
in recognition of accomplishments, 1979; The Lawyers'
Wives Award, 1980. Drake University's Outstanding
Alumni Award, 1988. Drake Alumni of the Year Award,
Black Law Students Association, 1988. Certificate of
Appreciation, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity 1988.
Baltimore's Black Living Legends, Junior Black Academy
of Arts and Letters, 1989. Author, 'Administration of Rape
Cases in the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland"
(1968); "Why We Organize," Journal of Public Law
(1971); "Employment Practices in the Administration of
Justice Under the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City"
(1975); "Racial Discrimination in Sentencing," Jwiuatwre
(1975). Office telephone. 962-7724.

FRANK A. KAUFMAN. Senior Judge, U.S. District
Court, since 1986. Chief Judge, 1981-1986 (Associate
Judge 1966-81). Born in Baltimore, March 4, 1916.
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1937; Harvard University Law
School, LL.B., 1940. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1940.
Member, Federal, American, Maryland State and
Baltimore City Bar Associations. Former partner in law
firm of Frank, Bernstein, Conaway and Goldman .Member,
Board of Directors, American Judicature Society 1985—;
Board of Governors, American Bar Association, 1982-85.
Chairman, Judicial Administration Division, American Bar
Association, 1990 91. Member, Judicial Conference of the
United States, 1985-91. Member, Security Committee of
the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1987-91.
Former lecturer on administrative law. University of
Baltimore, and former lecturer on contracts. University of
Maryland School of Law. Author, "The Maryland Ground
Rent System," MaryUiul Lsm Rtww (1940). Office
telephone: 962-4360.

I. FREDERICK MOTZ. Associate Judge, U.S. District
Court, since 1985. Born in Baltimore, December 30,1942.

Wcslcyan University A.B., 1964; University of Virginia
School of Law, LL.B., 1967. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1968. Member, American, Maryland State and Baltimore
City Bar Associations; American College of Trial Lawyers.
Member, Scrieants' Inn; Wednesday Law Club. Law clerk
to Judge Harrison L. Winter, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit, 1967-68. Vcnable, Bactjcr and Howard,
1968-69. Assistant United States Attorney District of
Maryland, 1969-71. Venable, Baetjer and Howard,
1971-81 (partner, 1976-81). United States Attorney
District of Maryland, 1981-85. Member, Board ofTrustees,
Friends School of Baltimore, 1970-77,1981-88; Board of
Trustees, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, 1987--.
Member, Advisory Board, Baltimore City Department of
Social Services, 1973-81. Office telephone: 962-0782.

HERBERT F. MURRAY. Senior Judge, U.S. District
Court, since 1988 (Associate Judge, 1971-88). Bom in
Waltham, Massachusetts, December 29, 1923. Yale
University B.A., 1947; Harvard University Law School;
University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1951.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1951. Served as an Air Force
navigator, 1943-1945, with rank of captain at discharge;
received Mediterranean Theater ribbon with four stars. Air
Medal with three oak leaf clusters, and Distinguished
Flying Cross. Member, American, Maryland State and
Baltimore City Bar Associations; honorary member of
Federal Bar Association; permanent member, 4th Circuit
Judicial Conference. Member, Wednesday Law Club. Law
clerk to U.S. District Court Judge W Calvin Chesnut,
1951-52. Assistant U.S. attorney for Maryland, 1954-56.
Associate, then partner. Smith, Somcrvillc and Case,
1956-71. Member, Baltimore Museum of Art; Walters Art
Gallery; Maryland Historical Society, Y»lc University and
University of Maryland Alumni Associations. Office
telephone: 962-2505.

WILLIAM M. NICKERSON. Associate Judge, U.S.
District Court, since 1990. Bom in Baltimore, December
6,1933. Baltimore Friends School; University of Virginia,
B.A, 1955. U.S. Coast Guard, 1955-59. University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1962. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1962. Member, Maryland State Bar
Association (chairman, committee on ethics, 1984-85).
Member, Baltimore County Bar Association. Member,
Tit-view Board, Attorney Grievance Commission, 1984-85.
Member, Wednesday Law Club. Associate Judge,
Baltimore County Circuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit,
1985-90. Office Telephone: 962-9810.

EDWARD S. NORTHROP. Senior Judge, U.S. District
Court, since 1981 (Associate Judge, 1961-81; Chief
Judge, 1970-81). Born in Chevy Chase, June 12, 1911.
George Washington University LL.B., 1937. In private
practice in Chevy Chase until 1941. Served in U.S. Navy,
1941-45; served in all theatres, achieving rank of
commander; decorated by both Army and Navy. Later
associated with law firm of Lambert, Hart, and Northrop.
Member, Maryland Senate, 1955-61; majority leader, first
chairman of Committee on Taxation and Rscal Affairs;
chairman. Finance Committee. Organizer of Council of
Governments in the Metropolitan Area of Washington,
DC, and instrumental in establishing area-wide mass
transit commission. Member, Committee on
Administration of the Probation System, Judicial
Conference of the United States; U.S. District Court
Metropolitan Chief Judges' Conference (former member,
steering committee); Advisory Corrections Council of the
U.S., 1977—; Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation,